Daily Rugby Games
Rate itFive daily rugby union puzzles: a mystery player, a top-ten list, a famous team sheet, a player grid and a rarity run.
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Daily Rugby Games is a free fan site of rugby union puzzles that change at midnight UK time. Each day you can guess a mystery Test player in six tries, fill a rugby top-ten list, name both starting fifteens of a classic match in five minutes, complete a 3x3 player grid against the clock, and play Blindside, where the rarer your answer the further you run.
About Daily Rugby Games
Daily Rugby Games is an independent fan site built because, in its own words, rugby union never had a proper daily puzzle after Wordle. It is not connected to World Rugby or any union, club or player. The player data, covering positions, nations, clubs, caps, debuts and birth years, is compiled from public sources and reviewed after each international window.
Lineout was the first game and is the one the site leads with. You have six guesses to find a mystery Test player, and each guess fills a row of six tiles: position, nation, club, international caps, age and debut year. Green is a match; amber means close, such as the same unit of forwards or backs, the same group of nations, the same league, or within five caps or a year; arrows show which way the numbers go. The answer is picked from the date, so everyone gets the same player, and on Sundays it is an all-time great.
The other games work differently. Perfect 10, in the style of the TV quiz Tenable, gives you a rugby list such as a nation's most-capped players or a famous starting XV, and you fill its slots until you have three wrong answers. Ruck On shows the fixture, score, date and venue of a well-known Test and gives you five minutes to name all thirty starters. Crossfield is a 3x3 grid of categories like England, Under 25 caps and Half-backs, with unlimited guesses and the clock as your score.
Blindside, added in October 2026, is five runs of thirty seconds each. Every run is a rugby question with many right answers, and you carry the ball from your own try line: an obvious name is stopped after a few metres, while one hardly anyone remembers goes the length of the field for a try. A wrong answer or a run-out clock is a knock-on worth nothing, and your score is the total metres. A Caps game based on career paths is listed as coming soon, and a Today in Rugby History page covers what happened on each date.
It suits rugby fans who follow the international game and like arguing about caps and team sheets. Stats and streaks stay on your device with no account, the last seven days of puzzles can be replayed from the archive without touching your streak, and each game gives a spoiler-free emoji grid to share. The site carries Google ads, set only once you answer its cookie banner.
How to play Daily Rugby Games
- Open dailyrugbygames.com and pick one of the day's games.
- In Lineout, type an international player's name and press Guess, then read the six tiles: green is a match, amber is close and arrows point to more or fewer caps, an older or younger player and a later or earlier debut.
- In Perfect 10, name the answers on the day's list in any order; a real player who is not on it is a strike, and three strikes end the game.
- In Ruck On, the clock starts with your first name: type surnames to light up the thirty starting shirts within five minutes.
- In Crossfield, pick a square and name a player who fits both its row and its column, using each player once, as fast as you can.
- In Blindside, press Kick off and answer each of the five questions within thirty seconds; the rarer your right answer, the more metres the run gains, and a wrong one scores nothing.
- Share your emoji grid and come back after midnight UK time for the next set.
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Tips
- In Lineout, open with a mid-career international from a major nation: thirty to sixty caps, still at a club, recent debut. The site says such openers leave the fewest candidates.
- Read position and nation first in Lineout; club is the weakest clue, and a retired answer can never go green on club.
- In Perfect 10, bank the names you are sure of before reaching, and remember caps lists reward long careers over famous ones.
- In Ruck On, start with hooker, number 8, scrum-half, fly-half and full-back, then build the front rows as a unit.
- In Crossfield, fill the narrowest squares first so you do not spend their only answer elsewhere.
- In Blindside, skip the first famous name that comes to mind: it is the one most players give, and it only makes a few metres.
Questions
Is Daily Rugby Games free?
Yes. It is free with no account, app or paywall; the site shows Google ads, with ad cookies set only if you accept them in its cookie banner.
When do new puzzles come out?
At midnight UK time every day, GMT in winter and BST in summer. A countdown after you finish shows how long until the next one.
Which players can be the Lineout answer?
Current internationals from the major Test nations, recent retirees, and on Sundays an all-time legend, picked from the date so everyone gets the same one.
Can I play puzzles I missed?
Yes. The archive lets you replay the last seven days without affecting your streak.
Do my stats carry over between devices?
No. Progress, stats and streaks are kept in your browser only, so clearing browser data clears them.
Is it an official World Rugby game?
No. It is an independent fan site, not affiliated with World Rugby or any union, league, club or player.
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